Rockford, IL: February

28 February 2026: February 2026 averaged 30.1°F in Rockford, IL, the warmest February since 2024, 23rd warmest of 120.

February 2026

Mean temperature: 30.1°F; Warmest since 2024; 23rd warmest of 120
Precipitation: 0.12 in; Driest since 1969; 2nd driest of 124

A normal February in Rockford, IL (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 25.2°F, between 17.1°F and 32.1°F in eight years of ten and 1.47 in of precipitation, between 0.49 in and 3.06 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every February in Rockford, IL since 1893: 30.1°F in 2026; the highest is 37.4°F, in 2024.

Normal range, 17.1 to 32.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every February in Rockford, IL from 1893 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	30.1	23	42	8	18.3	43	0.12	123	0
2025	23.9	68	32.7	65	15.1	74	0.46	110	0
2024	37.4	1	49.7	1	25.2	6	0.29	116	0
2023	29.9	25	39.6	16	20.3	34	3.79	2	0
2022	25	57	33.7	54	16.3	60	1.07	73	0
2021	15.6	115	23.8	114	7.4	108	0.81	85	0
2020	26.5	46	34.9	43	18.2	45	0.54	102	0
2019	22	88	29.8	90	14.3	80	4.03	1	0
2018	24.4	64	34.4	50	14.4	78	3.61	3	0
2017	36.8	2	47.3	2	26.3	2	1.78	42	0
2016	29.7	26	36.7	33	22.8	15	0.65	97	0
2015	12.1	119	21.9	118	2.4	120	0.85	81	0
2014	12.4	117	22	116	2.8	118	1.76	45	0
2013	23.6	71	31.4	78	15.9	65	2.98	9	0
2012	30.5	20	38.7	21	22.2	21	1.31	63	0
2011	24.6	61	32	74	17.3	53	1.90	34	0
2010	24.2	65	30.8	84	17.6	48	0.66	94	0
2009	26.2	49	34.9	43	17.5	49	2.22	25	0
2008	20.2	96	27.7	102	12.7	90	3.15	6	0
2007	15.9	114	23.5	115	8.3	104	1.43	60	0
2006	26.4	48	35.4	41	17.5	49	0.66	94	0
2005	30.4	21	37.1	28	23.8	11	1.51	54	0
2004	25.8	52	34.7	45	16.9	55	0.79	89	0
2003	21.7	89	31.8	76	11.6	96	0.16	120	0
2002	31	17	39.5	17	22.6	18	2.02	32	0
2001	22.4	82	30.4	86	14.4	78	3.05	7	0
2000	31.1	16	40.2	15	21.9	25	2.05	28	0
1999	32.4	7	40.8	11	24.1	10	1.17	71	0
1998	36.5	3	43.2	4	29.9	1	1.64	50	0
1997	26.5	46	32.6	67	20.4	32	2.83	12	0
1996	23.1	78	30.9	82	15.2	72	0.49	108	0
1995	24.2	65	32	74	16.3	60	0.15	121	0
1994	17.2	103	27.2	105	7.2	109	3.04	8	0
1993	22.5	81	30	89	15	75	0.87	80	0
1992	32.1	10	38.9	19	25.4	5	1.19	68	0
1991	28.4	33	36.5	36	20.3	34	0.45	111	0
1990	28.1	35	36.7	33	19.6	39	1.23	66	0
1989	16	113	24.6	112	7.5	107	0.63	99	0
1988	19.7	98	28.5	97	10.9	99	0.54	102	0
1987	32.3	9	42.3	7	22.4	19	0.82	84	0
1986	22.4	82	28.6	96	16.3	60	2.44	17	0
1985	19.3	100	27.6	103	10.9	99	1.88	37	0
1984	31.9	11	40.3	14	23.5	13	1.29	64	0
1983	29.4	29	36.8	32	22.1	22	1.48	58	0
1982	19.6	99	28.2	98	10.9	99	0.20	119	0
1981	25.8	52	35.8	39	15.9	65	2.40	18	0
1980	17.1	105	26.1	110	8.1	105	1.07	73	0
1979	12.8	116	21.6	119	4.1	117	1.18	69	0
1978	12.3	118	22	116	2.6	119	0.47	109	0
1977	23.4	74	32.9	63	14	81	0.64	98	0
1976	30.7	18	40.9	10	20.6	31	1.41	61	0
1975	23.1	78	30.1	87	16.1	64	2.03	31	0
1974	24	67	32.3	70	15.6	69	1.65	49	0
1973	26.8	42	33.7	54	20	37	1.56	52	0
1972	20.4	95	29.1	92	11.8	94	0.60	100	0
1971	25	57	31.6	77	18.3	43	2.67	14	0
1970	22.3	84	31.3	79	13.4	87	0.56	101	0
1969	28.3	34	34.6	47	22	24	0.04	124	0
1968	21.2	93	31.3	79	11	98	0.37	114	0
1967	16.9	107	26.7	106	7.1	110	0.92	78	0
1966	23.9	68	32.6	67	15.2	72	2.04	30	0
1965	22.1	87	30.7	85	13.5	85	0.83	83	0
1964	25.7	54	35.6	40	15.7	68	0.50	106	0
1963	16.3	111	26.4	107	6.2	115	0.38	113	0
1962	21.4	90	29.2	91	13.6	84	1.49	57	0
1961	31.5	14	40.7	13	22.3	20	1.06	75	0
1960	22.3	84	28.7	95	15.8	67	1.76	45	0
1959	21.4	90	30.1	87	12.6	91	2.24	24	0
1958	16.3	111	25	111	7.7	106	0.28	117	0
1957	30	24	37.4	26	22.7	17	1.61	51	0
1956	26	50	34.6	47	17.4	52	1.18	69	0
1955	23.4	74	32.8	64	14	81	1.40	62	0
1954	33.9	5	42.5	6	25.2	6	1.50	56	0
1953	28.5	32	37	29	20	37	1.78	42	0
1952	30.3	22	36.9	31	23.8	11	0.26	118	0
1951	23.2	77	30.9	82	15.4	71	1.90	34	0
1950	24.9	59	33.1	61	16.6	59	1.82	40	1
1949	25.1	56	33.4	58	16.8	57	2.20	26	0
1948	24.8	60	34.7	45	14.8	76	1.77	44	0
1946	26.7	45	35.9	38	17.5	49	2.05	28	0
1945	27.3	39	35	42	19.6	39	2.25	23	0
1944	28	36	37	29	19	41	3.32	4	0
1943	27.2	41	38.5	22	15.6	69	1.01	76	2
1942	24.5	63	32.1	72	16.8	57	0.70	91	0
1941	23.3	76	32.7	65	13.8	83	0.90	79	0
1940	26.8	42	33.5	56	20.1	36	1.88	37	0
1939	23.5	73	33.5	56	13.5	85	1.88	37	0
1938	32.4	7	38.9	19	25.9	3	1.54	53	0
1937	23.6	71	32.5	69	14.8	76	1.51	54	0
1936	10.2	120	20.3	120	0	121	1.97	33	0
1935	27.3	39	34.1	51	20.4	32	1.90	34	0
1934	22.8	80	32.2	71	13.3	89	0.34	115	0
1933	22.3	84	33.1	61	11.4	97	0.75	90	0
1932	31.8	13	42	8	21.7	26	0.41	112	0
1931	33.8	6	43.2	4	24.5	8	0.14	122	0
1930	34.7	4	43.5	3	25.8	4	1.20	67	0
1929	17.1	105	28.1	101	6.1	116	0.68	93	0
1928	29.6	28	38.1	24	21.1	29	0.81	85	0
1927	31.9	11	40.8	11	23	14	0.84	82	1
1926	29.7	26	36.6	35	22.8	15	2.58	15	0
1925	28.6	30	38.1	24	19	41	2.68	13	0
1924	25.6	55	33.3	59	17.9	46	1.29	64	0
1923	19.1	101	28.9	93	9.4	102	0.53	104	0
1922	26.8	42	37.2	27	16.3	60	1.68	48	0
1921	30.6	19	39.1	18	22.1	22	0.53	104	0
1920	20.1	97	28.2	98	11.9	93	0.66	94	0
1919	25.9	51	34	53	17.9	46	2.39	21	0
1918	23.9	68	34.5	49	13.4	87	2.40	18	0
1917	16.7	108	26.3	108	7	111	0.50	106	0
1916	20.7	94	28.9	93	12.5	92	0.81	85	0
1915	31.4	15	38.5	22	24.2	9	2.88	11	0
1914	16.6	109	26.3	108	6.3	114	1.15	72	1
1913	21.4	90	31	81	11.7	95	1.74	47	0
1912	16.6	109	24.4	113	8.5	103	1.82	40	2
1911	28.6	30	36.4	37	20.8	30	2.95	10	0
1910	17.2	103	27.4	104	7	111	0.80	88	0
1909							2.31	22	8
1908	24.6	61	32.1	72	17.1	54	3.20	5	0
1907							0.69	92	7
1906									7
1898	27.8	37	34.1	51	21.4	28			0
1897	27.6	38	33.2	60	21.5	27	1.45	59	2
1896					16.9	55	2.40	18	5
1895							0.93	77	28
1894							2.06	27	28
1893	17.3	102	28.2	98	6.5	113	2.45	16	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2024	37.4
2017	36.8
1998	36.5
1930	34.7
1954	33.9
1931	33.8
1999	32.4
1938	32.4
1987	32.3
1992	32.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1936	10.2
2015	12.1
1978	12.3
2014	12.4
1979	12.8
2021	15.6
2007	15.9
1989	16
1963	16.3
1958	16.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2019	4.03
2023	3.79
2018	3.61
1944	3.32
1908	3.20
2008	3.15
2001	3.05
1994	3.04
2013	2.98
1911	2.95

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1969	0.04
2026	0.12
1931	0.14
1995	0.15
2003	0.16
1982	0.20
1952	0.26
1958	0.28
2024	0.29
1934	0.34

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 66°F; 16 February 2026
Coldest night: -1°F; 1 February 2026
Wettest day: 0.09 in; 19 February 2026

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February 2026 brought 0.12 in of precipitation in Rockford, IL, the driest February since 1969, 2nd driest of 124.
The hottest day of February 2026 in Rockford, IL: 66°F on Monday 16 February 2026.
The coldest night of February 2026 in Rockford, IL: a low of -1°F on Sunday 1 February 2026.
The wettest day of February 2026 in Rockford, IL: 0.09 in on Thursday 19 February 2026.